# Maia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmeɪ.ə/ · frequency rank #29,729

## Definitions
1. Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
2. The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
3. A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
4. A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
5. 66 Maja, a main belt asteroid.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

## Easily confused with
- **mi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mi)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-may)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-man)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-map)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mix)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-max)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-min)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mar)
- **MIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mia)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mat)
- **mic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mic)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mil)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mit)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mao)
- **MMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mma)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mri)
- **mal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mal)
- **Mei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mei)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mir)
- **MLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maia-vs-mla)

## Common misspellings (4)
`amia`, `maai`, `miaa`, `mmaia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maia